Chronology ofSan Diego - Tijuana Border Region

1821: Mexico wins independence from Spain1825: Old Town settled in San Diego1826: Santiago Arguello wins land grant to Rancho Tía Juana1833: Mission lands secularized1834: San Diego wins pueblo or town status1846: Mexican-American War begins1848: Postwar Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo sets international boundary line three miles south of San Diego Bay 1850: California joins the Union

1851: Marble monument (No. 258) erected to mark U.S.-Mexico boundary (above) Story Unity, divisions mark San Diego-Tijuana border’s history1867: Alonzo Horton begins development of new San Diego in present-day downtown1871: First U.S. customs inspectors assigned to border1874: Mexican customs house established in Tijuana1884: U.S. and Mexico treaty signed to maintain boundary line1885: Transcontinental railroad arrives in San Diego; Tijuana Hot Spa and Hotel opened by P.L. Carle in response to Southern California real estate boom1887: Baja California peninsula divided into two Mexican federal territories1889: Settlement founded on Rancho Tía Juana

1952: Baja California (North) granted Mexican statehood1954: U.S. rounds up and deports more than one million immigrants to Mexico1955: Chain-link fence separates San Ysidro from Tijuana1957: San Ysidro annexed by San Diego1964: Bracero program ends1965: San Diego agrees to treat Tijuana sewage on emergency basis; maquiladora program initiated in Tijuana1969: Operation Intercept mounted to deter crime and it disrupts border traffic; San Diego celebrates 200th anniversary

The Los Angeles Times:Haitians, Africans, Asians

The sharp rise in non-Latin American migrants trying to cross into the U.S. from Mexico

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Where to go in Tijuana

Volunteer with Esperanza and visit the places we love, including other organizations doing important work throughout the city. We are proud to partner with Casa del Migrante, Padre Jaime, Missionaries of Charity, Albuergue las Memorias A.C., Casa Hogar de la Esperanza orphanage, and Centro Promocion de Salud Esperanza (Clinica Esperanza).